History ComicBook / Nightwing

* ''ComicBook/JamesTynionIVsBatman''

With the company wide ComicBook/New52 relaunch in 2011, Dick returned to being Nightwing and had another solo title, and moved to Chicago following ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''. Following ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'', his solo series ended. A new series titled ''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}'' began in July, which with the character as a SecretAgent of [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Spyral]] alongside another famous FakingTheDead character: [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]]. ComicBook/DCRebirth returned him to the ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' title.

* ''Nightwing'' Vol 3

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Raya Vestri, his ChildhoodFriend-turned-LoveInterest]]
* GoSeduceMyArchnemesis: [[spoiler:Saiko's plan with his girlfriend, Raya. This being Dick Grayson, it works.]]
* HighHeelFaceTurn[=/=]SexFaceTurn: Flip-flopped in that [[spoiler:Raya doesn't fall in love with Dick, but she does betray Saiko after he goes too far.]]
* HijackedByGanon: Has happened repeatedly with the 2011 series.
** The opening arc, where Nightwing is being hunted by Saiko and inherits Haly's Circus before finding a mysterious ledger with his name in it, was revealed to part of the ''Night of the Owls'' storyline that had been building in ''Detective Comics'' as it turned out [[spoiler:Haly's Circus had routinely given a child to the Court of Owls to become a Talon, and Dick was being groomed to be next in line before his parents died]].
** The overarching plot of Dick setting out to rejuvenate the Amusement Mile in Gotham with Haly's Circus as the centrepiece, was brought to an end thanks to ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'' (Which saw [[spoiler:Joker attack the circus to get at Nightwing in part of his larger plan to destroy Batman]]) and the subsequent and unrelated [[spoiler:death of Robin]].
** After re-establishing himself as an independent hero away from Gotham and the rest of the Bat Family, Nightwing [[spoiler:is promptly unmasked by the Crime Syndicate]] in ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013''. However, rather than having the ''Nightwing'' series tie-in to the story, the story is instead told in the main ''Forever Evil'' series and the ''Justice League'' tie-ins, with ''Nightwing'' instead telling a completely unrelated tale that solicits hyped as taking place in the final days before ''Forever Evil'' began. That's right, the story with major developments for the character has been hijacked ''from'' the book altogether.
* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Issue #30 of the New 52 series is very clearly meant to serve as one to the ''Grayson'' ongoing, giving the context for the series. That, and it in no way relates to the previous arcs, and it's the ''last issue''.
* MeaningfulName: Saiko ("Psycho")
* RedSkiesCrossover: The New 52's "Zero Year" tie-in.
* TheUnmasking: In ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'' #1, Nightwing is promptly beaten to a pulp and publicly unmasked as Dick Grayson in a show of force by the Crime Syndicate. For some reason this does not cause the rest of the Batfamily's identities to be revealed despite their close connections in and out of costume.
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With the company wide ComicBook/New52 relaunch in 2011, Dick returned to being Nightwing and had another solo title, and moved to Chicago following ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''. Following ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'', his solo series ended. A new series titled ''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}'' began in July, which with the character as a SecretAgent of [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Spyral]] alongside another famous FakingTheDead character: [[ComicBook/{{Huntress}} Helena Bertinelli]]. ComicBook/DCRebirth returned him to the ''ComicBook/NightwingRebirth'' title.

* ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil''

** After re-establishing himself as an independent hero away from Gotham and the rest of the Bat Family, Nightwing [[spoiler:is promptly unmasked by the Crime Syndicate]] in ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil''. However, rather than having the ''Nightwing'' series tie-in to the story, the story is instead told in the main ''Forever Evil'' series and the ''Justice League'' tie-ins, with ''Nightwing'' instead telling a completely unrelated tale that solicits hyped as taking place in the final days before ''Forever Evil'' began. That's right, the story with major developments for the character has been hijacked ''from'' the book altogether.

* TheUnmasking: In ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'' #1, Nightwing is promptly beaten to a pulp and publicly unmasked as Dick Grayson in a show of force by the Crime Syndicate. For some reason this does not cause the rest of the Batfamily's identities to be revealed despite their close connections in and out of costume.

* ''Comicbook/{{Robin|Series}}'' Vol 2 (1993 - 2009) [-As Nightwing, Batman, and during the TimeCrash of ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime briefly Robin-]

* HeroicBSOD: After Dick beat the Joker to death (he was immediately resuscitated) he felt he was no longer worthy and spent an issue [[TheseHandsHaveKilled staring at his worn knuckles]] and torn costume while [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim]] and [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted]] fought Jokerized criminals in Blüdhaven while Tim fanboyed over working with a hero he’d been reading about since he was little making Ted feel old. It was long enough for Dick to get a scruffy start on a BeardOfSorrow. Babs sends [[Franchise/TheFlash Wally]] to talk with Dick after he unplugs his computer to keep her from talking to him.

** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' (Playable as Robin as part of the game's multiplayer mode)
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' (Playable character as Nightwing)

* ''VideoGame/GothamKnights'' (Playable character as Nightwing)

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (As Robin)

* ''Comicbook/{{Robin|Series}}'' Vol 2 (1993 - 2009) [-As Nightwing, Batman, and during the TimeCrash of ComicBook/ZeroHour briefly Robin-]

* ''ComicBook/{{Starfire}}''

* HeroesPreferRedheads: And how! He admits it himself. Between Barbara Gordon, Cheyenne Freemont, Starfire, and Raya Vestri, he definitely HasAType. It's even lampshaded in the third issue of his 2011 series when Barbara turns up after he's hooked up with Raya. And you can bet [[YaoiFangirl the fandom]] never forgets who [[ComicBook/WallyWest his best friend]] is...

[[caption-width-right:350:A man's got to go his own way.]]

Nightwing is the solo codename of Richard "Dick" Grayson, the first ComicBook/{{Robin}}. After years of training under Franchise/{{Batman}} the Then-a-Teen Boy Wonder decided that, as the image quote says, [[KidHeroAllGrownUp "A man's got to go his own way"]]. Thanks to the nature of Comic Book Continuity, this was either after a long over-due fight with Batman where Bruce fired Dick, Dick quit, or they happily shook hands, acknowledged the need to grow up, and shared some Alfred-made Bat-cocoa. In any case, Richard came upon the name Nightwing after hearing the tale of a Batman & Robin-esque pair of Kryptonian vigilantes from Franchise/{{Superman}} named Nightwing and Flamebird. Taking the name, he made his debut in ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' during ComicBook/TheJudasContract story-line. The Nightwing persona debuted in ''Tales of the Teen Titans'' #44 (July, 1984)

!!''Nightwing'' Volumes 1 & 2 provide examples of:

[[folder:''Nightwing'' Volume 3 (New 52)]]

!Tropes ubiquitous across the various ''Nightwing'' series:

* ''Series/{{Titans|2018}}'' (2018), portrayed by Creator/BrentonThwaites. Unlike most interpretations, here he's a brooding, cynical adult in his mid-to-late twenies still operating as Robin. [[spoiler:He eventually adopts the nightwing identity on the Season 2 finale "Nightwing"]].

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' Vol 1 [-as Robin-] (1940 - 1975) [-as Robin-]

* NinetiesHair: [[https://comicdomwrecks.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/behold-the-majesty-of-nightwings/ One of the most infamous victims of this]], up there with Superman himself.
* ArchEnemy: Nightwing has had a number that qualify depending on his circumstances. During his tenure as leader of the Titans, it was Deathstroke (who also remains Dick's most persistent nemesis through the years.) During his time in Bludhaven, his main foe was Kingpin-expy Blockbuster. During his run as Batman, the title could go to either Professor Pyg or James Gordon, Jr. You could maybe qualify Two Face as an arch enemy during his years as Robin as well.

* HaveAGayOldTime: His name is an unfortunate victim of this. When he was introduced in the 40s, "Dick" was a common and accepted shortening of the name "Richard". Nowadays, however, it has fallen out of style in favor of shortenings like "Rick" or "Richie", not helped by the fact that "dick" is a very common slang term for "penis". Despite this, Dick Grayson's name is [[GrandfatherClause too iconic to change at this point]], and when they did attempt to change it to "Ric", it resulted in a serious DorkAge for the character, though largely because of ''how'' they went about it.
* TheHeart: Of the DC universe.

* SexyPackaging: Nightwing has been in a number of suggestive poses on covers, given Dick Grayson's status as Mr. Fanservice. The cover of the very first issue of ''Nightwing Vol 2'' depicts Nightwing doing the splits in mid-air, with the focus on his crotch.
* ShockAndAwe: Courtesy of those shock sticks.

* UrbanLegendLoveLife: As mentioned on the trope page, the perception of him [[ReallyGetsAround Really Getting Around]] is mostly blown out of proportion to the actual number of women he's been involved with. Prior to the reboot, he'd probably slept with a grand total of four women.

* WorfEffect: During the "Brotherhood of the Monkey Fist" arc, Nightwing's fighting skills are nerfed to give Conner Hawke a chance to shine.
* WorkingWithTheEx: Dick Grayson and either [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Starfire]] or [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]].
* YouFightLikeACow: Nightwing often keeps up a string of witty quips during a fight.

!The various ''Nightwing'' series contain examples of:

* AbortedArc: Devin Grayson's run on Nightwing's ongoing was greatly cut into by several different events, including ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', thus preventing her from finishing the story she intended.
* AcceptableTargets: In-universe, the neo-Nazis that Dick beats up in one chapter. It was good exercise.
* TheBadGuysAreCops: The cops in Blüdhaven were worse than the mob, and gained a share of profits made by the actual mob. (Criminals who didn't were killed. Chief Redhorn was a dangerous villain who had ordered Nightwing's death; [[TheInfiltration Nightwing joined the force in his civilian identity in an attempt to take it down]].)
* BattleInTheRain: Blüdhaven is a port town very near Gotham and with similar often rainy weather. Dick’s first fight with the Double Dare sisters takes place in a downpour.
* BigBad: Blockbuster becomes one, learning Nightwing's secret identity as Dick Grayson and quickly proving just why heroes keep their identities secret by killing off everyone who lives in the same apartment as him and making plans to continue killing everyone Dick has ever been friends with.

* BoundAndGagged: [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/41603-5755-47045-1-nightwing_super.jpg Sylph]] pretty much had this as a superpower.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: During the infamous "Born Again" Arc Nightwing is so enraged he [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomps]] all of Blockbuster's hired help when most of them had given him a hard time before. It was even worse in ''One Year Later'' when they tried to make Nightwing into DC's ''Spider-Man'' (!?).
* CatchYourDeathOfCold: Dick gets a cold after diving into frozen water to save a kid who fell through the thin ice.
* ChristmasEpisode: Volume 2 #64, ''On a Christmas Evening'' starts with Nightwing catching a fake Santa who had been falsely taking donations for orphans, then after the precinct did their annual tradition of reading some dear Santa letters from the worst part of Bludhaven Dick spends the rest of the issue trying to track down the girl who had written an unaddressed one he’d read asking for a job for her dad. He even recruited Tim do some searching and was scolded for not spending the holiday with his family even though Tim was noticeably at Brentwood walking the Headmaster's dog without any of ''his'' family in sight. Dick did find the little girl, save her and her father from gangbangers and got her dad a job as the new super for his apartment since Clancy had left for medical school. The job had the added benefit of getting them out of the bad neighborhood they’d been living in.
* ColdSnap: ''Nightwing'' Vol 2 #54 has Dick observing some kids playing with sleds and thinking its too cold for crime fighting while being happy about his heated bodysuit.
* DeathOfAChild: There were several child characters living in the same apartment building as Dick when Blockbuster had it blown up, none survived.
* DepartmentOfChildDisservices: Dick has some flashbacks to the legal proceedings that led to him becoming Bruce’s ward and his time in Juvie after a Gotham Social Worker dumped him there after his parents murders.
* DomesticAbuse: In ''Nightwing'' Vol 2 #54 Dick and Rohrbach come across an obviously beaten woman named Marie running away from her boyfriend barefoot in the snow but she chooses not to press charges and asks to just go back home with her boyfriend. Dick tracks down the jerk as Nightwing and after seeing that Bill is threatening both Marie and their infant child Dick scares Bill away and convinces him that bad things will happen if Nightwing thinks Bill has come within a hundred miles of either of them.
* DoomedHometown: Blüdhaven was destroyed in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''. And again in Battle for Blüdhaven
* DoppelgangerAttack: Dick gets attacked by a Jokerized Riot but he’s able to spot the original and knock him out almost immediately causing the clones to disappear.
-->Only one of you had the riot gun, ''Riot''. [--Moron--].
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: In Devin Grayson's run, who then went on to claim that it wasn't rape, just "nonconsensual" sex. Right. After the character Tarantula forced herself on him in the middle of the street, afterward it was treated as though he was simply uncomfortable dating a criminal than anything and the whole "sexual assault" thing was glossed over completely. A few years earlier Nightwing slept with an obscure Titans character by the name of Mirage, who had [[BedTrick disguised herself as Starfire]]. When she revealed the ruse not long after, the only real reaction it got was a shocked look, without a whole lot of follow-up, in fact it's mostly been played for laughs since. [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Rape is Irrelevant When It's Female On Male?]]
* DramaticGunCock: Once faced a group of carjackers, one of whom decided to attempt to intimidate him with this. Being Nightwing, he wasted no time in asking him if he learned that on TV before pointing out that he just ejected a perfectly good round for no reason and then finished by continuing to cock the gun until all the ammunition had been ejected.
* EvilCostumeSwitch:
** As "Renegade", the identity Dick created in an attempt to infiltrate a group of villains.
** Not evil actually, but in the New 52, his black and blue changed to black and red, reflecting his more anti-heroic nature. Which, ironically enough, looks kind of like the Robin costume from ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', albeit without the cape.
* EyeScream: Thankfully averted when Cisco Blane comes into the room and shoots Nightwing’s torturers in the back but two of Blockbusters’ {{Torture Technician}}s were preparing to take a power drill to his eyes while questioning him.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Blockbuster loved his. [[spoiler: And he makes Nightwing pay dearly for it when he indirectly causes her to have a fatal heart attack.]]

* HandicappedBadass: [[ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey Babs]] gets a special note for bringing Black Canary along and going to save Dick when he gets captured by Shrike. She takes out all of Shrike’s ninjas on her own.
--> [[PreAssKickingOneLiner I came in here looking for my]] ''[[PreAssKickingOneLiner boyfriend]]''[[PreAssKickingOneLiner … have you]] ''[[PreAssKickingOneLiner seen]]'' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner him?]]
* HeavyMetalUmlaut: The city of Blüdhaven.
* HeroicBSOD: After Dick beat the Joker to death (he was immediately resuscitated) he felt he was no longer worthy and spent an issue [[TheseHandsHaveKilled staring at his worn knuckles]] and torn costume while [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim]] and [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted]] fought Jokerized criminals in Blüdhaven while Tim fanboyed over working with a hero he’d been reading about since he was little making Ted feel old. It was long enough for Dick to get a scruffy start on a BeardOfSorrow. Babs sends [[Franchise/TheFlash Wally]] to talk with Dick after he unplugs his computer to keep her from talking to him.

* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: "Bludhaven" isn't exactly a very inviting name for a city to have.
* ImposedHandicapTraining: Dick takes Tim for training that involves riding train tops around Bludhaven while blindfolded and doing various balancing exercises. Tim is not amused when they get ambushed while doing so.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Subverted by Nite-Wing. There are few idiots bigger than him in comic books but he's still a monster.
* IWasJustPassingThrough: Wally says this when he stops by to talk when Dick is trying to come to terms with almost having killed the Joker, Dick doesn’t buy it for a second:
-->'''Wally:''' Just passing through.\\
'''Dick:''' Through Blüdhaven?\\
'''Wally:''' A little '''''detour''''', all right? This your day off?
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Tarantula killing Blockbuster came off like this.
* LetMeTellYouAStory: Dudley Soames to Tad in prison:
-->''Let me tell you about '''Blockbuster''' sonny. He lost his ''heart'' recently. Poor thing died of ''neglect'' he hardly ''used'' it. It's ''how'' he does what he does. Usin' people. Usin' people up. [[{{Hypocrite}} Mister Roland Desmond is as much a monster as he]] ''[[{{Hypocrite}} looks]]'', boyo. ''I'' found that out too late.''

* OhCrap: A number of them. Including the time Dick came home to find Deathstroke waiting for him.
* OutlawCouple: Bride and Groom
* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: Wally invokes this trope when he stops by to cover for Dick while Dick is out "sick" chasing a witness around the Europe, Wally "accidentally" leaves his to do list behind as a note for his friend reading:
-->Things To Do Today:
--->1. Save the world.\\
2. Kick supervillain butt.\\
3. Go over to best friend's apartment and pretend to hurl.\\
4. Save the world again.
* PetTheDog: Tarantula becomes leader of a street gang during ''War Games'', not to stake out a territory for herself, but to keep its young members alive.
* PokeThePoodle: Dick Grayson during the ''Renegade'' arc. ''Deathstroke the Terminator'', of all people, finds it embarrassing.
* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Issue #30 of the New 52 series is very clearly meant to serve as one to the ''Grayson'' ongoing, giving the context for the series. That, and it in no way relates to the previous arcs, and it's the ''last issue''.
* PretenderDiss: Tad didn't even know there was a crimefighter called Nightwing when he took up the "Nite-Wing" identity. This does not prevent Dick from being really upset that there is someone claiming to be a hero named Nite-Wing going around Blüdhaven murdering people.
* RecurringDreams: For a while Dick keeps dreaming about a child he failed to save from Two-face while he was still Robin.

* RelationshipSabotage: Tarantula to Dick and Barbara, which somehow Babs [[IdiotBall falls for despite knowing that Tarantula is an unrepentant murderer who has been trying to get Nightwing killed]].
* ResignInProtest: In some versions of the Nightwing's story, he was the one who decided to cut ties with Batman for various reasons. Regardless of the cause, in these versions of the story him quitting the position of being Robin and becoming Nightwing is this.
* ServileSnarker: Alfred makes a few appearances. The trope image is from a Nightwing issue in in fact.
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: In ''Nightwing'' Vol 2 #45 Blockbuster’s brother sister torture team strap Nightwing down and inject him with drugs while laying out their more terrifying tools to question him on ComicBook/{{Oracle}}’s whereabouts.
* TooDumbToLive: Used in Issue #150. One of Two-Face's {{mooks}} was standing right behind a guy Two-Face wanted to shoot. Two-Face points out that this isn't a good place to be, and the guy needs it explained to him: "I can't afford to lose any [[Franchise/StarTrek red shirts]]." When the mook doesn't get the reference, Two-Face has had enough, declares him too dumb to live, and blows him away.
* TorsoWithAView: In Issue #62 a Jokerized [[MesACrowd Riot]] shoots a large hole in another Jokerized criminal in the Slab who is not overly hindered by it while they're fighting Nightwing.
* TortureCellar: Blockbuster has one.
* UndercoverCopReveal: Cisco Blaine saves Nightwing from torture and reveals that he is actually an undercover FBI Agent named Ronald Houston only to be quickly murdered by Tad "Nite-Wing" Ryerstad.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: In the beginning, Blockbuster did not want Nightwing killed because he feared that would bring Batman to his city whom he thought was a greater threat. Blockbuster rather quickly realizes and outright acknowledges that Nightwing is equal to his mentor in every way.
* [[spoiler:TheUnmasking: In ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil'' #1, Nightwing is promptly beaten to a pulp and publicly unmasked as Dick Grayson in a show of force by the Crime Syndicate.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Tarantula really wants to help Bludhaven, and is perfectly fine executing crime bosses to do it.
* WhatTheHellHero: The entire ''Renegade'' arc is meant to be this.
* WorkingThroughTheCold: Dick goes to work as a Police Officer after getting a cold during an intense blizzard.
* WretchedHive: Bludhaven is (or was) probably the worst city in the DCU after Hub City.
* WritersCannotDoMath: The TropeCodifier for the DC Universe, as Dick Grayson's age pins down everyone else's in canon:
** Canonically, Dick Grayson becomes Robin at [[ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder age 12]], after his parents' deaths. This means Batman himself is around 10-15 years older, depending on the source material, such as how long Batman's training takes and how much time elapses between Batman's debut and Robin's.
*** Jason Todd is a couple years younger, but still old enough to plausibly pass as someone Nightwing's age, [[ShapedLikeItself given he's impersonated Nightwing.]] Tim Drake is a couple years younger still (remembering the Flying Graysons and noticing Batman's slow slide into decay following Todd's death), and Damian Wayne still younger, but old enough to place Bruce's relationship with Talia at over ten years old.
*** Before the ComicBook/New52, Dick is one of the founding members of the ComicBook/TeenTitans, which means each of the other five founding members (Aqualad/Tempest, Kid Flash/Flash/Wally West I, Speedy/Arsenal/Red Arrow/Roy Harper, and Donna Troy/Wonder Girl/Troia) are around his age. This is especially problematic, as Donna Troy's ongoing ContinuitySnarl also means she and Wonder Woman debuted far more recently in the storyline than this would allow. Retconned by ComicBook/New52, however.
** In his late teens, Grayson abandons his Robin identity to become Nightwing, which in turn made DC retcon Tim Drake into never being a proper Robin, as the timeline would have to involve Wayne losing and gaining the post-Grayson Robins too quickly, roughly one per every year and a half since Grayson abdicated, but does nothing to explain how Wayne and Todd in particular got so complicated in such a short time.
** Per the Grayson comic, Dick abandons his Nightwing persona at then-current age 22, implying Batman is somewhere around 32-37. This ignores characters explicitly inspired by both characters, however.
*** Green Arrow is expressly in-universe [[FollowTheLeader copying Batman]], and comes along a couple of years later, notably already being somewhat experienced when Arrow is the first new member of the Justice League. Green Arrow is also canonically over 40, despite also being canonically younger than Batman.
*** Similarly, Green Arrow adopts Roy Harper as his sidekick, Speedy, who is also a little younger than Grayson but older than Jason Todd. Speedy then goes on to have a brief affair with Titans villain Chesire, producing their daughter, Lian Harper, who was canonically 5 at the time of [[CryForJustice her death]]. Since retconned away and back, this means that Cheshire and Harper would have to meet almost immediately following the founding of the Titans, and charitably when Roy was around 14 -- making [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Cheshire a child molester]] as well as a terrorist.
* YouHaveFailedMe:
** Black Mask tried to have Reynard killed after he failed to get Mask a hold in Blüdhaven's drug trade as quickly as he wanted but Reynard killed the man sent to take him out and earned another chance. Nightwing's continued interference meant that he failed again.
** After his hired guns fail to kill Nightwing Blockbuster uses a variation on this theme by having them all take on his new pet assassin, he even tells Stallion he'll give him a bonus if he can decapitate the new guy. In the end the existing criminals, save Lady Vic who gets some good shots in and Mouse and Giz who are not fighters anyway and take a pass, just end up getting in each other's way which makes it easier for Shrike.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' Vol 1 [-as Robin-] (1940 - )
* ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' Vol 1 (1940 - )
* ''Star-Spangled Comics'' [-As Robin, was the main feature of the book for quite come time and continued as a backup feature until the series ended-]
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]] [- As Nightwing, in his sister ComicBook/{{Huntress}}' feature-]
* ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'' Vol 1 (2015)

* ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' Vol 1 (1954 -1983) [-as Robin and Nightwing-]
* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' Vol 1 (1954 - 1985) [-as Robin, intermittent appearances-]

* ''ComicBook/TheNewTeenTitans'' Vol 2 (1984 - 1987) [-as Nightwing-]

* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' Vol 1 (1990 - 1993) [-intermittent appearances-]

* * ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' Vol 3 (2004 - 2011)

* ''ComicBook/BatmanFamily'' (As Robin, was one of the two main stars of the book alongside Barbara Gordon as Batgirl)
* ''Star-Spangled Comics'' (As Robin, was the main feature of the book for quite come time and continued as a backup feature until the series ended)
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': As Nightwing, in his sister ComicBook/{{Huntress}}' feature

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' (1984 - 2011)
** ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' [-the aftermath was the first time Nightwing stepped in for Bruce Wayne as Batman-]

* ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' (1984 - 2011)
* ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' (1988 - 2011) [-''Nightwing'' was one of the features from 1988-1989-]

* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' [-As Nightwing and Batman III-]

** ''ComicBook/BatmanAndRobin'' (2009 - 2011) [-as Batman III-]

* ''ComicBook/{{Azrael}}'' Vol 2 (2009 - 2011)

* ''Comicbook/NightwingTheNewOrder'' (An Elsewords story with an older Nightwing)

* ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'' (Set in the "Millerverse" continuity by Creator/FrankMiller)
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''
* ''ComicBook/BatmanBeyond'' (Appears as an older, retired Dick Grayson)
* ''ComicBook/BatmanEndgame''

* ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand''
* ''ComicBook/BatmanThrillkiller'' (Elseworld where he's Robin in TheSixties)
* ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' (Set in the "Millerverse" continuity by Creator/FrankMiller)

* ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics''

* ''ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman'' (Initially as Nightwing, before becoming Batman III following [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis Bruce Wayne's death]])
* ''ComicBook/{{Grayson}}''
* ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''
* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' (As Nightwing and Batman III)
* ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' (notable for the aftermath being the first time Nightwing stepped in for Bruce Wayne as Batman)

* ''Nightwing'' Vol 1 (the original four-issue miniseries)
* ''Nightwing'' Vol 2 (the ongoing series that ran from 1996 to 2009)
* ''Nightwing'' Vol 3 (the New 52 series)

* ''Comicbook/NightwingTheNewOrder'' (An Elsewords story with an older Nightwing)
* ''ComicBook/{{Outsiders}}'' (Team member in the series that began in 2003)
* ''Comicbook/{{Robin|Series}}'' (As Nightwing, Batman, and during the TimeCrash of ComicBook/ZeroHour briefly as Robin)
* ''Star-Spangled Comics'' (As Robin, during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, was the main feature of the book for quite come time and continued as a backup feature until the series ended)
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' (Team founder as Robin; became Nightwing during the series)

* HaveAGayOldTime: His name is an unfortunate victim of this. When he was introduced in the 40s, "Dick" was a common and accepted shortening of the name "Richard". Nowadays, however, it has fallen out of style in favor of shortenings like "Rick" or "Richie", not helped by the fact that "dick" is a very common slang term for "penis". Despite this, Dick Grayson's name is [[GrandfatherClause too iconic to change at this point]], and when they did attempt to change it to "Ric", it resulted in a serious DorkAge for the character.

* HeroesPreferRedheads: And how! He admits it himself. Between Barbara Gordon, Cheyenne Freemont, Starfire, and Raya Vestri, he definitely HasAType. It's even lampshaded in the third issue of his 2011 series when Barbara turns up after he's hooked up with Raya.And you can bet the fandom never forgets who his best friend is...

Nightwing has appeared in several media, usually Franchise/{{Batman}} related:

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''
** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' (Playable character as part of a [[DownloadableContent DLC pack]] in the game's Challenge mode)

** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' (Playable character)

* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' (Playable character)
* ''VideoGame/LEGOBatman'' (Playable character)
* ''LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes'' (Playable character)
* ''VideoGame/GothamKnights'' (Playable character)

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (As ComicBook/{{Robin}})

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' (As Robin; Appears as Nightwing in a BadFuture)
** ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' (As Robin; Appears as Nightwing in the occasional TimeTravelEpisode)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' (As Robin. Appears as Nightwing in a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture episode)
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' (As both Robin and Nightwing; Appears in his original "disco suit" in this series)
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'' (As Nightwing)
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' (As Robin in Season 1; As Nightwing in Season 2)
* ''WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse'' (As Nightwing)

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With [[ComicBook/{{TheFlash}} Wally West]] since their childhood. Both are seen as the pre-eminent LegacyCharacters of DC.

* HeroicBSOD: After Dick beat the Joker to death (he was immediately resuscitated) he felt he was no longer worthy and spent an issue [[TheseHandsHaveKilled staring at his worn knuckles]] and torn costume while [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim]] and [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted]] fought Jokerized criminals in Blüdhaven while Tim fanboyed over working with a hero he’d been reading about since he was little making Ted feel old. It was long enough for Dick to get a scruffy start on a BeardOfSorrow. Babs sends [[ComicBook/TheFlash Wally]] to talk with Dick after he unplugs his computer to keep her from talking to him.

* HeroesPreferRedheads: And how! He admits it himself. Between Barbara Gordon, Cheyenne Freemont, Starfire, and Raya Vestri, he definitely HasAType. It's even lampshaded in the third issue of his 2011 series when Barbara turns up after he's hooked up with Raya.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With [[ComicBook/{{TheFlash}} Wally West]] since their childhood.